What was the point of all of that? I thought you were going to test how long it would run the fridge for, but you threw in the towel early for no reason!

I have a Yeti300x and it ran my French door fridge just like yours for 4 days and that was normal use with kids. Then it takes my 6 hours to fully charge it. I also ran a larger upright freeze in my yard all summer off the yeti. I had a 400watt panel connected to it. If it was over cast for a few days, I would use a small gas generator to charge it.

Very nice stress test, that ought to keep your food from spoiling during a storm outage all by itself. Keeping that plug handy is a good idea for when you need to switch it over to your off-grid power inverter for longer outages.

@ToolsTechAndGear

2 жыл бұрын

I had been wanting to put that plug on the fridge for some time. this power station gave me a good opportunity. My off grid system should also allow this to run for a while when the grid is down.

@jrjr5123

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToolsTechAndGear And bear in mind shorter cord will give you a longer time because you lose like a pipe of water you lose it over a long line

I did a test once on my fridge (early 2000 model GE side-by-side) and the average power usage over about 60 hours was 110 watts per hour. That was with normal use, opening and closing the door, etc. At times the power draw was more, others less. Refrigerators (frost-free) have a "defrost cycle" where a heating element will defrost the internal cooling coil that ices up, usually once every 12 or so hours but it depends on the model (mine has a "dynamic defrost" where it uses sensors and calculations based on how often the door is opened etc). That will use more power. My 1000 watt pure sine inverter had no problem starting the compressor. I would use that as a guide, so a 2000 watt-hour battery would give you a little less than 20 hours on my fridge with 100% efficiency which we know is not the case. If there were sunny days and enough solar, the solar could charge the unit to 100% and run the fridge at the same time, so that only when dark it would need battery power. So solar maybe run and charge for 10 hours, the battery supplying power the rest of the time (14 hours).

AC/DC 12V Freezers Will Do The Trick During Power Outages Or Outdoor. Minimizing Consumption To Prolong Battery Life, Zero Breeze In A Tent With Rechargeable Fan During Power Outages Prolongs Coldness And Extend The Power Station Batteries.

@ToolsTechAndGear

Жыл бұрын

Just testing the 2000w bluetti on the refrigerator. 10 hours is 50% battery. A 12v dc fridge can run for a nice long while in a power out situation.

But your home has AC running Grid down means the house will be getting hotter, and fridge will run more

@truthseekerKJV

9 ай бұрын

Exactly, but the island in that tiny kitchen gives a big indication that this guy doesn't think much. He probably acts on feelings and impulse.

Why manually re-plug? It’s got UPS. I’m planning on getting this for my long travels, plugging my freezer into it, then the oukitel to the wall. Power out, UPS kicks in. I’m thinking it’ll just revert to pass-through and recharge the battery. Am I wrong?

What you really have to watch with fridges and really anything that runs a pump/motor, is the inrush current needed to start the pump/motor. It can be many times more than then running current.

If 3.5 hours used up 25% of the capacity, then you can expect no more than about 14 hours of run-time. Since that was without the doors being opened at all, I would venture to say that 12 hours is a pretty optimistic number. It's sobering how much energy a given electronic appliance uses. Don't even look at electric water heaters! :) Building an extension battery, plugged into your "solar" input, would be a pretty easy thing to do, especially since this unit supports pass-through charging.

@ToolsTechAndGear

2 жыл бұрын

For sure! I have a meter i want to plug up to the fridge to see what it uses over time. 500w of solar outside should allow this to keep the fridge going most of the time. But with my off grid inverter I can charge this back up if I had too.

@thuandao4243

8 ай бұрын

@@ToolsTechAndGeardoes these power box only run 1 appliance max¿ I have ancient fridge but I need a budget power backup incase er but I can’t use gas generator for small apt, might be stolen plus I’m scare of carbon dioxide issues. My budget is not much, can you give me some advice¿ Seattle normally cloudy rainy so solar panel is not advisable ¿ help. I don’t know if power station is sufficient. There’s no demo for anything but one old fridge, no air fryer too¿ I’m overwhelmed with limited budget investment.

I wonder what it will do if a solar panel was connected, my refrigerator is much more basic then your refrigerator and a little smaller , now that I seen this video I’m pretty confident I should get more hours

It would be awesome to test it with the solar panel

I wonder what your frig pulls in a 24 hour period? If you had a WATT-METER, you could plug it into white extension cord and frig into WM. They see what it draws over 24 hours. Thanks for sharing.

@ToolsTechAndGear

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea. I do have a kil-o-watt meter. I can try that out. It will depend on if we are home all day or if we are out.

6:50 press the power button again to turn the screen up

Bravo. Helluva an effort for a crucial test

@ToolsTechAndGear

Жыл бұрын

It worked well!

can it be recharged by car? how long would it take?

If you cycle the power @ 1hr ON and 3 hrs OFF, if will last even longer

Westinghouse 4650 Watt Dual Fuel Portable Generator

I need a ups to be connected at all times to the electricity and to start working as soon as there is power outage. Just need for my fridge so what power UPS do I need to do that? The power will be out for 2 hours max. Can someone help with this?

Thank you very much man this might really save my life cause I'm a diabetic in my insulin you know

Can the Power Station flow through from a 400W solar Blanket to fridge. Charge and discharge at the same time? Thank you,

Q.I have same power station but connecting to side by side refrig goes on/off intermittently struggles and doesn't run properly...Could I have a problem with my power station?

Is it necessary to run it for a full 24 hours? I thought I saw a Pat Mac video where he said that during the NC outage he'd run the refrigerator for maybe a couple of hours, twice a day. It's possible I misunderstood though.

@ToolsTechAndGear

Жыл бұрын

You do not have to run it 24/7 I just wanted to use this as an example to see how long I could run the fridge at full normal power.

After seeing you pull ours the fridge, I thought that You need the shirt that say “KZread made me do it”.

@ToolsTechAndGear

2 жыл бұрын

That shirt seems painfully accurate.

I want a unit to power a 2Kw electric fire off 240 Volts for 12 hours

Good to know thanks

It's nothing to do with the output it's the Amp Hours of that battery, when you say 2000 watts that's the unit of conversion through your inverter

The question should not be how long this power station can run your fridge/freezer but rather how long this power station can run any inductive load like a fridge/freezer before it's irreparably damaged. With over 24 years of experience in the inverter repair industry, I know full well that the vast majority of low cost, lightweight, Chinese made, high frequency power stations on the market simply don't last. Especially when powering inductive loads like refrigerators, microwave, ovens, portable air conditioners, power tools, motors, washers and dryers. You may be able to start some of these loads when your high frequency solar generator is new, but over time, typically after less than a year of repeated use, the MOSFETs in your lightweight, high frequency solar generator WILL fail. They are simply not designed for powering inductive loads like refrigerators. If you want to power an inductive load like a refrigerator, you're far better off spending a little more money and buying a low frequency, transformer based solar generator instead. You'll be much happier in the end.

@rossjefferies2224

6 ай бұрын

Any recommendations?

And the solar input will charge the unit at max 500 watts? So two 200 watt solar panels. Does that pass through as well? I purchased one of these, but it's still in the box until my home is built, wife's orders. Lol

@ToolsTechAndGear

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot to check the solar input for pass through. It should. I have another unit similar and it does that. It's a Great-Power station. I just used it yesterday to run a circular saw off grid.

This is a weird question but how long would this run a tv cable box & router in a black out ? Thank you

@ToolsTechAndGear

Жыл бұрын

My TV and internet use around 50w per hour total. So you would get 2 days non stop run on those two.

Can you only charge the fridge or can you use the outlets on it as well? Or does it have outlets ?

@ToolsTechAndGear

Жыл бұрын

It has outlets on the side of the power station. You can use them for any AC application.

I'm doing a Freezer test on mine, I did a freezer Test on a 1260 power station about a month ago and I got 25 hrs. before running dry. I should get much more being this is 740 watts more so will see soon enough, I will get back with you on it. Right now I'm concern because it's been on for 12hrs now and is at 65% so I don't think by looking at this display it will pass my 25 hr. mark from my other station if this is the case then it's NOT a TRUE 2000 Watt station then !! It's looking doubtful.

@aaronwilcott4561

Жыл бұрын

You are correct in saying that it's not a true 2000 watts.Any time your converting electcity their will be a conversion loss.I believe the ac and dc output on these units are around 70% efficient.

I just tried your discount code and it did not work, Good review however.

@ToolsTechAndGear

2 жыл бұрын

I know the company had sold out and might have removed the code. I use this power station often! Removed a front porch with Sawzall connected a few weeks back.

You ruined the test case

Coupon no longer working.

@ToolsTechAndGear

2 жыл бұрын

I will contact the company and see why!

@user-md5gi3xq2t

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks@@ToolsTechAndGear

@ToolsTechAndGear

2 жыл бұрын

The company replied saying the stock has run low for a while and the code has been paused.

@user-md5gi3xq2t

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToolsTechAndGear Thanks

@kb6175

2 жыл бұрын

@@ToolsTechAndGear - Hey.. When will the code be unpaused for purchase? Thanks..

Thanks for the waste of time…. The whole point is to see how long it will run for? Run it until it dies so someone can actually know how long it will work…

@billace90

Жыл бұрын

Right! The testing was ruined the moment he plugged the power station from the wall source. Because we’ll never know how many hours the power station was able to keep the refrigerator running. He stopped the test at 4.5 hours!

@debbiedogs1

Жыл бұрын

I have seen others do a capacity test, this unit tests at about 80%, so the true capacity is about 1600WH.

My first comment is use your brain and take that Island out. If your kitchen is too small for one, don't have one. If I came out to service that frig, and had to access the back, I'd tell you that you have made it far more difficult to service, so you can call someone else. And I would leave. Second comment is NEVER use an extension cord to run a frig. You will damage your compressor.

@MegaRyan123456

8 ай бұрын

A good quality extension cord should make little or no difference I mean you do realise the amount of cable in the walls 🤣

@williamatchison6261

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, design my house for some repairman. Bye felicia